this is a very accurate observation of the state of excel. I have always thought that the solution is the have an optimized portion of spreadsheets, specific to

this is a very accurate observation of the state of excel. I have always thought that the solution is the have an optimized portion of spreadsheets, specific to the use case, in your example a model that is deployed as a web app. Making a better spreadsheet is a very good point, I wonder, if there are attempts already to solve it from this angle?